Member Hub part 1
The Member Hub is similar to the previous member profile page, where you can update your information and communication preferences, plus find additional JEA member features including
- JEA Member Directory
- JEA Forum
- JEA Events
- Email list subscriptions
Over the next few weeks, JEA will communicate key information about the features of the Member Hub. Please carefully read these transition-related messages.
Change your username or password
When you activate your account, your default username is your email address. You may change it via the setting icon in the upper right corner of the Member Hub. Under the setting icon, you can also update your password and edit some of your communications preferences — these communication preferences are only for features of the Member Hub like invoice delivery, email list subscriptions and JEA Forum notifications. Overall, JEA communication preference settings are located in the My Info tab.
Update your information in the Member Hub
Help JEA get to know you and your professional identity by completing the information fields in the Member Hub under the My Info tab of the left side.
Your name and JEA member number are displayed at the top of the “Contact Info” tab. All JEA members have new member numbers in the new membership system. JEA member numbers are used internally at JEA to keep track of your membership account and also used to verify your membership status for convention registration discounts.
Now is a great time to review your information in the Member Hub and update or add to it as applicable. Click on the pencil icon to edit information and the plus icon to add information.
If you do nothing else, please verify your email address is correct and your preferred mailing address assigned for JEA communications.
Areas you can update:
- Contact info
- Professional bio
- Communication preferences
- Demographics
- Teaching Info
- Categories
Areas you can view but JEA staff must update:
- JEA Info
- JEA Certification
- JEA Mentoring Program
- Related Schools/Business (fourth My Info tab)
Contact Info:
Email — You must have at least one email address on file for your JEA membership. The old membership system asked for a primary email address and a secondary email address. The new system allows you to designate the addresses as Home, Work or Other. Whichever one you “Mark as Primary” will be the one that will receive JEA communications.
Addresses — You may also have as many physical and/or mailing addresses as you would like. Your school/business address is tied to your school/business so you shouldn’t add it to your personal contact info. If you need to update your school and/or school address, use the “Change School/Business Form” on the bottom of the left sidebar. The Physical and/or Mailing indicator in this menu is NOT your mailing preference. This is just a system indicator of if the address is for a physical building and/or a mailbox. You will make your preferred mailing address preference selection in the Communication section.
Social media — You may also add your social media handles so we can tag you in JEA communications when you are recognized and/or celebrated by JEA.
Bio:
Add your bio to the “Bio” section, not the “Professional Bio” section. The Bio will display in the JEA membership directory.
Communication:
Preferred mailing address — Select Home, Business or None. Make sure your home address is correct in the Contact Info section if you make the Home selection. Selecting Business will send JEA mailings to your school/business address.
Communication preference — Currently JEA communicates member updates primarily through email. We’d like to know your preferred method of communication for future expansion. Mark the channel you would most prefer to receive JEA updates: Email, Text, Mail, Phone, Social Media.
Demographics:
Help us get to know you and celebrate you by adding your Race/Ethnicity, Pronouns and Birth Date (month and day only, add the year if you would like).
Teaching Info and Categories:
This is your professional background. Sharing this information helps us better understand our membership population.
Teaching Info:
Teaching Start Year — year you started teaching.
Credentials — educational teaching credentials.
Program Department — identify which department your journalism classes/program is in at your school.
Categories:
Media Advised — identify which journalism classes you teach and/or media you advise.
Teaching Level — identify which level(s) you are teaching at. For example, if you are primarily a high school teacher but also teach some college classes, please select both.
Update your School/Business
If you need to update your school and/or school address, use the “Change School/Business Form” on the bottom of the left sidebar. Once our staff has verified the school/business contact information we will add it to the database and add it to your profile. This may take up to two business days.